Tikz, text outside plot

Question

I just included matlab figures using matlab2tikz. I have annotations in my figures. These annotations are outside the plot area to prevent overlap with the data. But now I also want the annotations outside the plot in my latex file. If possible i want to implement it into the tikz file(not in the latex file).

I tried the following using `minipage

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/99224/putting-text-at-the-side-of-a-tikzpicture

setting clip=false (Didn't do anything)

Minipage worked but when i resized my plot in latex the annotations didn't scale and are now halve inside the plot.

using node[text width=6cm, anchor=west, right] at (5,0)
    {In this diagram, what can you say about $\angle F$, $\angle B$ and $\angle E$?};

from the same link (Didn't work)

I'm not very experienced with Tikz. I just tried some different methods, but none seems to work.

here is the tikz file:

    \begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[%
width=0.951\figurewidth,
height=\figureheight,
at={(0\figurewidth,0\figureheight)},
scale only axis,
xmin=30,
xmax=330,
xlabel={$\text{T}_{\text{surr}}\text{ (K)}$},
ymin=0,
ymax=120,
ylabel={$\text{Q}_{\text{Cooling}}\text{ (W)}$},
axis background/.style={fill=white},
title style={font=\bfseries},
title={Cooling power for surrounding temperatures},
axis x line*=bottom,
axis y line*=left
]
\addplot [color=mycolor1,solid,forget plot]
  table[row sep=crcr]{%
30  6.97463548006898\\
60  7.00516177264937\\
90  7.36872538108224\\
120 8.92825821383692\\
150 12.7097699247381\\
180 19.3898073983116\\
210 29.107506124354\\
240 42.0222333872511\\
270 58.3725938451868\\
300 78.4696582472676\\
330 102.691450312509\\
};
\end{axis}

\begin{axis}[%
width=1.227\figurewidth,
height=1.227\figureheight,
at={(-0.16\figurewidth,-0.135\figureheight)},
scale only axis,
xmin=0,
xmax=1,
ymin=0,
ymax=1,
hide axis,
axis x line*=bottom,
axis y line*=left
]
**\node[below right, align=left, text=black, draw=black]
at (rel axis cs:0.75,0.15) {G10 \\$\text{ }\epsilon\text{ = 1 }$\\ F = 1 \\$\text{ T}_{\text{start}}\text{ = 330 }$\\$\text{ T}_{\text{end}}\text{ = 30 }$\\$\text{ dT}_{\text{max}}\text{ = 1 }$\\ N = 100};**
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}%

Answer 1

Your code works if you add clip=false to the second axis environment, containing the node with the annotation. Having done that you can just move it to the position of your choice, by changing the coordinates for the \node.

That said, the second axis environment is not really necessary here, you might as well add it inside the first axis environment, or right outside it, placing it relative to the axis.

In the code below both options are demonstrated. Note that I've added name=MyAxis to the axis options, and the node is placed at MyAxis.north east. I don't know what G10 is, but it seemed like it was a heading of sorts, hence the bold text. Of course, remove that \textbf if you don't want it. I also set the list of values using aligned.

\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots,amsmath}
\newlength{\figurewidth}
\setlength{\figurewidth}{10cm}
\newlength{\figureheight}
\setlength{\figureheight}{5cm}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[%
name=MyAxis,
width=0.951\figurewidth,
height=\figureheight,
at={(0\figurewidth,0\figureheight)},
scale only axis,
xmin=30,
xmax=330,
xlabel={${T}_{\text{surr}}\text{ (K)}$},
ymin=0,
ymax=120,
ylabel={$\text{Q}_{\text{Cooling}}\text{ (W)}$},
axis background/.style={fill=white},
title style={font=\bfseries},
title={Cooling power for surrounding temperatures},
axis x line*=bottom,
axis y line*=left,
%clip=false %uncomment this if you want the annotation outside the axis
]
\addplot [color=blue,solid,forget plot]
  table[row sep=crcr]{%
30  6.97463548006898\\
60  7.00516177264937\\
90  7.36872538108224\\
120 8.92825821383692\\
150 12.7097699247381\\
180 19.3898073983116\\
210 29.107506124354\\
240 42.0222333872511\\
270 58.3725938451868\\
300 78.4696582472676\\
330 102.691450312509\\
};

\node[below right, align=center, text=black]
at (rel axis cs:0.1,0.9) {\textbf{G10} \\
$\begin{aligned} 
\epsilon &= 1\\
 F &= 1 \\
T_{\text{start}} &= 330 \\
T_{\text{end}} &= 30\\
\mathrm{d}T_{\text{max}}&= 1\\
 N &= 100
\end{aligned}$};

\end{axis}

\node[below right, align=center, text=black]
at (MyAxis.north east) {%
\textbf{G10} \\
$\begin{aligned} 
\epsilon &= 1\\
 F &= 1 \\
T_{\text{start}} &= 330 \\
T_{\text{end}} &= 30\\
\mathrm{d}T_{\text{max}}&= 1\\
 N &= 100
\end{aligned}$};
\end{tikzpicture}%
\end{document}